Lindernia

Lindernia
Lindernia monticola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Linderniaceae
Genus: Lindernia
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Synonyms
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  • Bazina Raf.
  • Bryodes Benth.
  • Chamaegigas Dinter ex Heil
  • Diceros Blume
  • Geoffraya Bonati
  • Ilysanthes Raf.
  • Psammetes Hepper
  • Pyxidaria Kuntze
  • Virchowia Schenk

The genus Lindernia is a group of plants in the family Linderniaceae. They are native to warm regions in both the Eastern and Western Hemisphere.[1]

The genus name of Lindernia is in honour of Franz Balthasar von Lindern (1682–1755), French doctor and botanist in Strasbourg and also university botanical garden director.[2]

Lindernia consists of 30 species in its most recent circumscription.[3] Some species have become available commercially for use in home aquariums and aquascaping, such as L. rotundifolia.[4]

  1. ^ Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States
  2. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. ^ Fischer, Eberhard; Schäferhoff, Bastian; Müller, Kai (December 2013). "The phylogeny of Linderniaceae — The new genus Linderniella, and new combinations within Bonnaya, Craterostigma, Lindernia, Micranthemum, Torenia and Vandellia". Willdenowia. 43 (2). Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin: 209–238. doi:10.3372/wi.43.43201.
  4. ^ Farmer, George (19 March 2021). "Relax with this 100 gallon Jungle Aquascape". YouTube. Retrieved 15 November 2023. Zero minutes and 53 seconds